Preserving the past
Living Earth
Embracing the Future
-Land Trust-
501(c)3 Non-Profit
Projects 2024
Her are some of the upcoming fundraisers and purchases we have planned for the coming months
Downtown HUB HQ
We are working with Soft Medicine Sanctuary and other local businesses in downtown Sebastopol, CA to up level the 27,000sqft Basso building into a living embodiment of health and wellness culture in Sonoma County. Our engagement includes developing a new Co-work business incubator on the lower level of the building. We will use this project to pattern for buying and preserving other commercial real estate in Sebastopol. The business incubator will help create more non-profit and social benefit corporations in Sonoma County and beyond.
Land Preservation Projects
We currently have 500 acres of planned acquisition around the US for 2023-2024. Most of these projects are full purchase agreements, some are permanent preservation easement creations on existing residential properties that have unique ecological functions.
We currently have properties in: Kauai, Colorado, Humboldt, Montana & Sonoma.
Our goal is preserve 20,000 acres for ecological education, equitable housing and community development by 2026.
Fundraising
We have some exciting fund raisers in store for the next few months:
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We are actively working to purchase the Miller Oil lot in downtown Sebastopol to be used a community food park, EV charging area and art installation space.
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We are working with the city of Sebastopol, grants and private land owners to raise 8 million dollars to create a large central community park in Sebastopol, CA. The property being purchased and developed is a vacant lot adjacent to the existing Sebastopol town square. Buying it will also insure the plans to turn it into a 50 person hotel do not come to be.
Assets Preserved
Since forming in 2022 LELT has protected:
Farmland
100 Acres of Easement and Preservation of working farms and grassland.
Sustainable Housing
Created long term rent controlled housing for 20+ people on protected lands via easement.
Future Contracts
In contract with 250 additional acres to join our system in the next 13 months.
Mission:
To preserve ecological and culturally significant properties for future generations, and to ensure they are used for the highest benefit of the community, via farming, seed saving, education and affordable housing.
To offer these properties and easements by long term affordable leases to community members for the creation of schools, parks, education centers and social hubs that help weave a more robust local economy and stronger bio-regional cultural identity.
If you have land you would like to preserve or want help figuring out how you can make a difference through donation, please reach out via our contact form:
Let's make the world more livable for everyone
one property at a time
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